What square root equals 1996?

What square root equals 1996? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1996? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1996

To solve the √x = 1996 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1996²
x = 1996²

Then, we calculate 1996² to get the following answer:

1996² = 1996 × 1996
1996² = 3,984,016

√3,984,016 = 1996

We've provided the equation above to help you understand the underlying concept of solving problems like this. In the future, remember that you can solve all similar problems by simply multiplying the number by itself.

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